Kids' Voices: The best part of childhood

Mar. 31, 2013

For adults, there’s plenty to miss about being a kid. But what do children think they’ll miss about childhood when they’re all grown up? We asked students in Emma Melone’s third-grade class at Fairview Elementary what they think they’ll miss about childhood. Here’s what they said.

“I will miss playing with my teddy bears. Grown-ups would miss sleepovers with their friends.”

Mandi, 9

“When I grow up I will miss what I learned at school. When I went to Mexico, my cousin’s mom told us that when I grow up I will forget what I learned.”

Wendy, 8

“I will miss my little cousin chasing me around the house, because you are only 3 once.”

Latasha, 9

“When I grow up, I will miss being free. I will have to do a ton of work and go to my job and pick up my child and make dinner.”

Kally, 8

“I think adults will miss being a kid because kids have easy lives and adults have lots of work to do.”

Ion, 8

“When I grow up, I will miss playing with my dad because he will be too old to do all of that fun stuff with me.”

Joe, 9

“I’m going to miss my family because when you grow up you move to a house by yourself.”

Kaitlyn, 8

“I will miss having my mom buying stuff for me. I will miss by brother annoying me.”

Candice, 8

“I think adults miss having the easy life because as kids they didn’t have as much work.”

Murdoch, 9

“When I grow up I will miss running and playing in the yard. I will because I think it is fun and you get your energy out. I think adults cannot do it a lot because adults usually are not as active as kids.”

Grace, 9

“I am going to miss being able to play video games all day.”

Brayden, 8

“Adults will miss being alone in the room and not having to do much work.”